:root {
  --paper: #f5f1e8; --panel: #fffaf1; --ink: #192322; --muted: #5c6662;
  --line: #d7d1c4; --charcoal: #202a2b; --charcoal-deep: #131b1c;
  --teal: #2b7c7d; --teal-dark: #1f5d60; --lime: #d9e891; --coral: #d2765d;
  --serif: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; --sans: Inter, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  --mono: "SFMono-Regular", Consolas, "Liberation Mono", monospace; --shell: min(1180px, calc(100% - 64px));
}
* { box-sizing: border-box; }
html { scroll-behavior: smooth; scroll-padding-top: 76px; }
body { margin: 0; background: var(--paper); color: var(--ink); font: 16px/1.65 var(--sans); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; }
::selection { background: var(--lime); color: var(--ink); }
a { color: inherit; text-underline-offset: .22em; } a:hover { color: var(--teal); }
img { display: block; max-width: 100%; } h1, h2, h3, p, figure, blockquote { margin: 0; } h1, h2, h3 { line-height: 1.1; }
em { color: var(--teal); font-family: var(--serif); font-weight: 400; }
.shell { width: var(--shell); margin-inline: auto; }
.skip-link { position: fixed; z-index: 20; top: 12px; left: 12px; padding: 11px 17px; background: var(--ink); color: white; transform: translateY(-150%); }
.skip-link:focus { transform: translateY(0); color: white; } :focus-visible { outline: 3px solid var(--coral); outline-offset: 4px; }
.site-header { position: absolute; z-index: 10; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; color: white; }
.nav-shell { width: var(--shell); min-height: 78px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 30px; margin-inline: auto; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.22); }
.wordmark { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 11px; color: inherit; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.05; letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: nowrap; }
.wordmark small { color: rgba(255,255,255,.62); font-size: 10px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .13em; }
.wordmark-mark { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 2px; } .wordmark-mark i { display: block; width: 5px; height: 24px; background: var(--lime); transform: skew(-19deg); } .wordmark-mark i:nth-child(2) { height: 17px; background: var(--coral); } .wordmark-mark i:nth-child(3) { height: 29px; background: var(--teal); }
.nav-shell nav { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 25px; font-size: 13px; } .nav-shell nav a, .nav-substack { text-decoration: none; } .nav-shell nav a { color: rgba(255,255,255,.78); } .nav-shell nav a:hover, .nav-substack:hover { color: var(--lime); }
.nav-substack { padding: 8px 13px; border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.38); border-radius: 100px; color: white; font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; }
.eyebrow { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 11px; color: var(--teal-dark); font: 12px/1.5 var(--mono); letter-spacing: .075em; text-transform: uppercase; } .eyebrow.light { color: rgba(255,255,255,.77); } .eyebrow-line { display: inline-block; width: 25px; height: 1px; background: currentColor; }
.hero { min-height: 810px; position: relative; display: flex; align-items: flex-end; overflow: hidden; background: var(--charcoal-deep); color: white; }
.hero-image, .hero-shade { position: absolute; inset: 0; } .hero-image { z-index: 0; } .hero-image img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: center; opacity: .73; } .hero-shade { z-index: 1; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(13,20,20,.95) 0%, rgba(13,20,20,.68) 43%, rgba(13,20,20,.18) 100%), linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(13,20,20,.83), transparent 65%); }
.hero-inner { position: relative; z-index: 2; padding: 190px 0 116px; } .hero h1 { max-width: 760px; margin: 23px 0 25px; font: 500 clamp(5rem, 11vw, 9.2rem)/.82 var(--serif); letter-spacing: -.075em; } .hero h1 em { color: var(--lime); letter-spacing: -.075em; }
.hero-deck { max-width: 590px; color: rgba(255,255,255,.82); font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 2vw, 1.55rem); line-height: 1.45; } .hero-actions { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 20px; margin-top: 34px; }
.button { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 18px; padding: 13px 18px; border: 1px solid transparent; border-radius: 2px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; transition: .18s ease; }
.button-light { background: var(--lime); color: var(--ink); } .button-light:hover { background: white; color: var(--ink); transform: translateY(-2px); } .button-dark { background: var(--charcoal); color: white; } .button-dark:hover { background: var(--teal-dark); color: white; transform: translateY(-2px); }
.hero-text-link, .text-link { color: white; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; } .hero-text-link:hover { color: var(--lime); }
.hero-meta { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; gap: 18px; max-width: 650px; margin-top: 60px; padding-top: 17px; border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.28); color: rgba(255,255,255,.57); font: 11px var(--mono); }
.hero-quote { position: absolute; z-index: 3; right: max(32px, calc((100% - 1180px) / 2)); bottom: 58px; width: 350px; padding: 20px 22px; border-left: 3px solid var(--lime); background: rgba(16,24,24,.76); backdrop-filter: blur(8px); } .quote-index { display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; color: var(--lime); font: 11px var(--mono); letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase; } .hero-quote blockquote { color: rgba(255,255,255,.88); font: 18px/1.45 var(--serif); }
.thesis { padding: 90px 0 102px; } .thesis-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 100px; margin-top: 27px; } .thesis h2, .section-heading h2, .questions-grid h2 { font: 400 clamp(2.65rem, 5vw, 4.7rem)/.97 var(--serif); letter-spacing: -.055em; } .thesis h2 { max-width: 450px; } .lede { font-size: 21px; line-height: 1.55; letter-spacing: -.015em; } .thesis-grid div > p + p { margin-top: 18px; color: var(--muted); }
.argument-section { padding: 96px 0 110px; background: #e9e6db; } .section-heading { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 100px; align-items: end; margin-bottom: 45px; } .section-heading .eyebrow { margin-bottom: 22px; } .section-note { max-width: 430px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.65; } .section-note em { color: var(--teal-dark); }
.idea-list { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); border-top: 1px solid var(--ink); } .idea-card { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 40px 1fr; gap: 11px 19px; padding: 28px 27px 30px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); } .idea-card:nth-child(even) { padding-left: 27px; border-left: 1px solid var(--line); } .idea-number { color: var(--coral); font: 15px var(--mono); padding-top: 3px; } .idea-card h3 { font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; } .idea-card p { grid-column: 2; margin-top: 10px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; } .idea-card .pull-quote { margin-top: 15px; padding: 13px 15px; border-left: 2px solid var(--coral); background: rgba(255,255,255,.34); color: var(--ink); font: italic 16px/1.45 var(--serif); }
.paper-cta { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 35px; margin-top: 48px; padding: 25px 28px; background: var(--panel); border: 1px solid var(--line); } .paper-cta .eyebrow { margin-bottom: 7px; font-size: 11px; } .paper-cta h3 { font: 29px/1.1 var(--serif); } .paper-cta p { margin-top: 5px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 14px; }
.ladder-section { padding: 105px 0 100px; background: var(--panel); } .ladder { border-top: 1px solid var(--ink); } .rung { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 65px 1fr 180px; gap: 24px; align-items: center; padding: 23px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); } .rung-label { display: grid; place-items: center; width: 44px; height: 44px; background: #ebe6d9; color: var(--teal-dark); font: 14px var(--mono); } .rung h3 { font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; } .rung p { max-width: 610px; margin-top: 6px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 15px; } .rung > span { color: var(--teal-dark); font: 11px var(--mono); letter-spacing: .05em; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: right; } .rung-final .rung-label { background: var(--coral); color: white; } .rung-final > span { color: var(--coral); } .ladder-rule { display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: baseline; margin-top: 29px; padding: 18px 20px; background: var(--charcoal); color: white; } .ladder-rule strong { color: var(--lime); font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; } .ladder-rule span { color: rgba(255,255,255,.73); font-size: 14px; }
.questions-section { padding: 95px 0; background: var(--charcoal); color: white; } .questions-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: .85fr 1.15fr; gap: 100px; } .questions-section .eyebrow { color: var(--lime); } .questions-section h2 { color: white; } .questions-section h2 em { color: var(--lime); } .questions-section .section-note { margin-top: 22px; color: rgba(255,255,255,.64); } .questions { margin: 0; padding: 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.25); list-style: none; } .questions li { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 42px 1fr; gap: 21px; padding: 18px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.17); } .questions li > span { color: var(--lime); font: 12px var(--mono); } .questions p { color: rgba(255,255,255,.7); line-height: 1.55; } .questions strong { color: white; font-weight: 600; }
.humour-section { padding: 105px 0 98px; background: #f1e9dc; } .humour-heading h2 em { color: var(--coral); } .story-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); gap: 18px; } .story-card { min-height: 250px; padding: 25px; background: var(--panel); border: 1px solid var(--line); } .story-card-large { background: var(--charcoal); color: white; border-color: var(--charcoal); } .story-tag { display: block; margin-bottom: 23px; color: var(--coral); font: 11px var(--mono); letter-spacing: .075em; text-transform: uppercase; } .story-card-large .story-tag { color: var(--lime); } .story-card h3 { max-width: 450px; font: 400 29px/1.1 var(--serif); } .story-card p { margin-top: 16px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.65; } .story-card-large p { color: rgba(255,255,255,.72); } .story-punchline { padding-top: 15px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); font-weight: 600; } .story-card-large .story-punchline { border-color: rgba(255,255,255,.2); color: var(--lime); } .dark-link { display: inline-flex; gap: 18px; align-items: center; margin-top: 28px; color: var(--teal-dark); font-size: 14px; } .dark-link:hover { color: var(--coral); }
.reading-section { padding: 102px 0 110px; background: var(--paper); } .reading-list { border-top: 1px solid var(--ink); } .reading-item { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 45px 1fr 30px; gap: 20px; align-items: start; padding: 22px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); text-decoration: none; } .reading-item:hover h3 { color: var(--teal); } .reading-number { color: var(--coral); font: 13px var(--mono); padding-top: 3px; } .reading-type { color: var(--muted); font: 11px var(--mono); letter-spacing: .07em; text-transform: uppercase; } .reading-item h3 { margin-top: 7px; font: 25px/1.2 var(--serif); } .reading-item p { max-width: 700px; margin-top: 8px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 15px; } .reading-arrow { color: var(--teal); font-size: 23px; } .reading-item-featured { padding: 25px 18px; background: #e4ead3; border-top: 3px solid var(--teal); }
.site-footer { padding: 28px 0; background: var(--charcoal-deep); color: rgba(255,255,255,.72); } .footer-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr auto; gap: 25px; align-items: center; } .footer-grid .wordmark { color: white; } .footer-grid p { font-size: 13px; } .footer-grid > a:last-child { color: var(--lime); font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; }
@media (max-width: 900px) { :root { --shell: min(100% - 40px, 680px); } .nav-shell { min-height: 68px; gap: 15px; } .nav-shell nav { display: none; } .hero { min-height: 780px; } .hero-inner { padding-top: 155px; padding-bottom: 125px; } .hero-quote { right: 20px; bottom: 28px; width: min(350px, calc(100% - 40px)); } .thesis-grid, .section-heading, .questions-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 32px; } .idea-list, .story-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } .idea-card:nth-child(even) { padding-left: 0; border-left: 0; } .paper-cta { align-items: flex-start; flex-direction: column; gap: 18px; } .rung { grid-template-columns: 54px 1fr; gap: 18px; } .rung > span { grid-column: 2; text-align: left; } .footer-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 15px; } }
@media (max-width: 560px) { :root { --shell: calc(100% - 32px); } .nav-shell { border-bottom: 0; } .nav-substack { font-size: 11px; padding: 7px 10px; } .hero { min-height: 755px; } .hero h1 { font-size: clamp(4.3rem, 18vw, 6rem); } .hero-inner { padding-top: 140px; padding-bottom: 145px; } .hero-meta { flex-direction: column; gap: 8px; margin-top: 40px; } .hero-quote { width: calc(100% - 32px); right: 16px; bottom: 20px; } .hero-quote blockquote { font-size: 16px; } .thesis { padding-block: 68px; } .thesis h2, .section-heading h2, .questions-grid h2 { font-size: 3rem; } .argument-section, .ladder-section, .humour-section, .reading-section { padding-block: 68px; } .idea-card { grid-template-columns: 30px 1fr; gap: 10px; padding-block: 23px; } .idea-card h3 { font-size: 18px; } .rung { padding-block: 19px; } .ladder-rule { display: block; } .ladder-rule span { display: block; margin-top: 8px; } .story-card h3 { font-size: 25px; } .reading-item { grid-template-columns: 28px 1fr; gap: 12px; } .reading-arrow { grid-column: 2; } }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { html { scroll-behavior: auto; } *, *::before, *::after { transition: none !important; } }